Zhongxian County is located in the central part of Chongqing Municipality, in the heart of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, neighboring Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in the east, Fengdu County in the south, Dianjiang County in the west, and Wanzhou and Liangping Districts in the north, with the People's Government of the county stationed at No. 2, Zhongbo Avenue, Zhongzhou Street; the area of the national land survey is 2,182.83 square kilometers, with the jurisdiction of 4 streets, 19 towns, 6 townships and 372 villages (communities), and as of the end of 2021, there are 3,411,000 household registration households and 962,300 people with household registration. As of the end of 2021, Zhong County had 341,100 households and a household population of 962,300 people.
Zhongxian County was the land of Ba State in Zhou, and belonged to Ba County in Qin; Linjiang County was set up in 112 B.C. (the fifth year of Yuan Ding of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty), and belonged to Ba County. In the sixth year of Datong of Liang (540), Linjiang County was set up in Ba County and led by Linjiang County. Tang zhen guan eight years (634), because of the Ba manzi axe head to stay in the city, Yan Yan, Gan Ning Zhongyong yihuai Zhongxin, change Linzhou for Zhongzhou. Yuan Yuan twenty-one years (1284) the name Zhongzhou. Qing Yongzheng twelve years (1734) to promote Zhongzhou for the state. Republic of two years (1913) in April abolished Zhongzhou for Zhongxian, under the Dongchuan Road. December 7, 1949, the liberation of Zhongxian. January 1950, the establishment of the CPC Zhongxian County Committee. June 1997, Zhongxian by the Sichuan Province to Chongqing Municipality, Wanxian City, the city of escrow. February 1998, the establishment of the Chongqing Municipal Wanxian Migrant Development Zone (later set up the Wanzhou Migrant Development Zone), the escrow of the Zhongxian County and other six counties. On June 25, 2000, the Wanzhou Immigration Development Zone was abolished, and Zhongxian County was directly managed by Chongqing Municipality.
Zhongxian County is a national civilized county, a national health county, a national garden county, a national model county for comprehensive reform of public hospitals, a national ecological civilization demonstration zone, a national advanced county for grain production, and a "China's Most Internationally Influential Tourist Destination", a "National Hog Transfer County "On December 31, 2019, it was selected as a typical county of national rural innovation and entrepreneurship. in May 2020, it was selected as a model list of new urbanization construction in counties. on April 23, 2021, the Central Civilization Office issued a document confirming that Zhongxian County would continue to retain the honorary title of national civilized city. continues to retain the honorary title of National Civilized City.